Ariane 5 ECA

Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e

Arianespace launch of a
Ariane 5 ECA Rocket

Arianespace was scheduled to launch a Ariane 5 ECA rocket as part of the
Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e mission. The launch window for the Communications mission was on Tue, Sep 25th, 2018, 6:38 PM EDT from Ariane Launch Area 3, Kourou. The status of the launch was Success.
Don’t miss this exciting rocket launch!
Watch the launch video
of the Ariane 5 ECA and experience the excitement for yourself.

Mission

Azerspace-2/Intelsat-38 & Horizons 3e

Azercosmos-2/Intelsat-38 is a geostationary telecommunications satellite. As the name suggests, satellite will be used jointly by Azercosmos and Intelsat. Horizons-3e, also known as IS-H3e, is a high throughput geostationary communications satellite ordered by Horizons Satellite, a joint venture of Intelsat and SKY Perfect JSAT Group. The spacecraft is designed and manufactured by Boeing on the Boeing-702MP platform.